
A HOUSE CHURCH TRAINING/RETREAT
Disciple-Making Training β¦ Optimized for house churches
September 17-21, 2025
Wednesday Supper — Sunday Breakfast
Bear Inn, Clifton, Tennessee
A training workshop for lay people.
TOPICS & SKILLS & TOOLS
This Disciple-making training will focus on:
- What is unique about a DMM (disciple-making movement?
- 2 essential tools for becoming a disciple OF Jesus.
- 12 essential skills that will give you the confidence and competence to disciple people who also become disciple-makers.
- 2 practical tools for making disciples FOR Jesus.
- How to start a simple house church.
- How to transition your existing house church into a disciple-making house church.
- When to baptize someone.
- How to baptize someone.
- Reversing Constantine’s 321 AD curse.
- Understanding Satan’s end-time deceptions and distractions.
- Understanding God’s end-time prophetic invitation.
Participate in a sample simple house church experience.
Advanced training.
- How to set up your home environment for effective discipleship.
- How to create a meaningful house church experience.
- How to lead a Discover Bible Study.
- Help! What do we do with children?
- How to facilitate a monthly Healthy Church Check-in for the Simple Churches you are coaching.
SEVEN GOALS
πMASTER Essential Skills to effectively lead people to Jesus.
πNETWORK with people who already have started (or are wanting to start) a house church.
πLEARN some dos and don’ts of leading a house church. Avoid common mistakes.
π INTEGRATE your skills, hobbies, and interests with practical disciple-making work.
πSHARE God’s end-time prophetic story in the mission field where you live.
πHELP people get ready for Jesus’ coming.
πADOPT a disciple-making life-style.
FAMILY & DORM LODGING
Rooms, Cabins, RV, Tent Sites
The Bear Inn, located in Clifton, TN, has discounted all their lodging options by 50%. All lodging options must be booked for the entire convention (4 nights). Lodging is reserved when you call Bear Inn to register.
EARLY-BIRD
LODGING PRICES
June 1 – June 30
β¦ Rooms & Cabins: $65/night.
β¦ RVs: $30-40/night.
β¦ Dorm Single Bed: $30/night.
β¦ Tent Sites: $20/night.
Cancellations during
June – 100% refund.
REGULAR
LODGING PRICES
July 1 – July 31
β¦ Rooms & Cabins: $75/night.
β¦ RVs: $35-45/night.
β¦ Dorm Single Bed: $35/night.
β¦ Tent Sites: $25/night.
Cancellations during
July – 95% refund.
LAST-MINUTE
LODGING PRICES
August 1 – September 15
β¦ Rooms & Cabins: $85/night.
β¦ RVs: $40-50/night.
β¦ Dorm Single Bed: $40/night.
β¦ Tent Sites: $30/night.
Cancellations during
August/September – 90% refund.
MEALS
Two plant-based meals a day are served: breakfast and lunch.
Meals are half price for children ages 5-10, and free for children ages 4 and under.
EARLY-BIRD
MEAL PRICES
June 1 – June 30
β¦ Meals: $10/meal.
β¦ Light Suppers: Complimentary.
β¦ Agape/Communion Friday Supper: Complementary.
Cancellations during
June – 100% refund.
REGULAR
MEAL PRICES
July 1 – July 31
β¦ Meals: $12/meal.
β¦ Light Suppers: Complimentary.
β¦ Agape/Communion Friday Supper: Complementary.
Cancellations during
July – 95% refund.
LAST MINUTE
MEAL PRICES
August 1 – September 15
β¦ Meals: $14/meal.
β¦ Light Suppers: Complimentary.
β¦ Agape/Communion Friday Supper: Complementary.
Cancellations during
August/September – 90% refund.
Do any of these Describe You?
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Are you living in the city or the country?Β GOOD!
β Are you young or advanced in years?Β GOOD!
β Are you churched, non-churched, un-churched, or de-churched?Β GOOD!
β Are you new to learning about house churches?Β GOOD!
β Do you already have experience with house churches?Β GOOD!
β Do you want to understand God’s end-time prophetic invitation? GOOD!
β Would you like to become a better soul winner? GOOD!
Then you will benefit. Plan on coming!!
Why Is This Convention So Important?
2019 marked a historic change in the U.S. For the first time in U.S. history, more churches are being closed every year, than being opened. This trend has come from Western Europe and is here to stay. Now, this trend is moving to the Global South (South America, Africa, and Asian countries).
βOf 318 million Americans, 208 million (about 60%) are not interested in walking into the front doors of a conventional church.β ~ Alan Hirsch
In their new book, Church Refugees: Sociologists Reveal Why People Are DONE With Church But Not Their Faith, Dr. Josh Packard and Ashleigh Hope set out to understand the widespread phenomenon of church decline. Their latest research reveals that “of the 318 million people in America, approximately 104 million (33%) have left the church.”
Who Are These 104 Million?
Our interviews indicate that the dechurched are among the most dedicated people in any congregation. They often work themselves into positions of leadership in an attempt to fix the things about the church that dissatisfy them before ultimately deciding their energies could be better spent elsewhere. In other words, the dechurched were the βdoersβ in their congregations.β
Are You a DOER?
During this convention, you will learn how to:Β Effectively share God’s end-time invitation in the mission field where you live.